Jack Miller: They need to stop charging MotoGP fans so much
A strong 77,921 fans lined the hillsides and grandstands on Sunday with a weekend t�🌟�otal of 135,670 spectators, compared to respective figures of just 43,661 (Sunday) and 74,078 (weekend) last year.
Although still short of the glory days with Valentino Rossi꧅, when the race day crowd peaked at 100,000 and 152,443 for the weekend in 2016, it was an impressive turnaround.
But 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller believes the circuit would🌌 be able to rival the 116.692 race day crowd seen at the previous Le Mans round if ticket prices were lower.
“It was better, but for sure they need to stop charging these punters so much to 🉐ജcome in and watch,” Miller said on Sunday evening.
“We want to attract new people so you’ve got to make it reasonable and also you don’t want൲ to piss off the diehard fans. Because without❀ them, we’ve got nobody.
“It was better today for sure. Bu💙t I think if they made the ticket [prices] like they were in Le Mans we would have had a bigger crowd here than we 🎶had in Le Mans.”E
Tickets for Mugello wꦓere reported to be almost double the price of the Le Mans round, which boasted a record of 278,805 for the w🤡eekend.
Other factors such as fr💮ee parking were also hailed as helping encourage the huge French crow🎀d.
Unlike France, I𓆏taly hosts two MotoGP rounds, the September event titled as the San Marino and Rimini GP at Misano.
But ဣItaly also haꦆs a home reigning world champion in Francesco Bagnaia, the top two riders in the current standings (Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi) plus two local manufacturers in Ducati and Aprilia.
"Ducati won the championship last year. Pecco won the championship last year. He’s a quite iconic rider. They’ve got a lot of Italians doing well. But clearly they’re charging these p🤡eople too much money. 200 bucks for general admission is f**king ridiculous," Miller had said earlier in the weekend, after a crowd of just 18,403 turned up for Friday practice.
When♑ told Le Mans was 90 euros, he added: "That’s how it should be. No one can afford that in this day and age. Even on a good wage. Average family, try and bring 3 kids, 200 bucks a pop, you’re dreaming."
Bagnaia won both Mugello races, w⭕ith Bezzecchi joining him on the Saturday podium as runner-up in th🌠e new-for-2023 Sprint.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 ye♓ars and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
